Powder and puff box.



L. A. LEFRA NGOIS POWDER AND P UFF BOX.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 8.19M-

Patented Dec. 11, 191?.

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lhWUlES ALBERT LEFRANCOIS, F SAN QERANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

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Patented Dec. 11, 1917..

application fiIed'IVIarch B, 1917. Serial No. 153,358.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l[, LOUIS AL ERT LE- I FRANCOIS, a citizen of theUnited States, and

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a resident of San Francisco, in the county of San Francisco and Stateof. California, have invented a certain new anduseful Improvement inPowder and Puff Boxes, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to toilet articles, and more particularlyto a container for powder and a pufi.

An object of the present invention is to provide a container havingseparate co1npartments, one for the powder, and another compartment forthe puff to prevent the puff from being completely enveloped in thepowder during the handling of the cona relatively large amount ofpowder. 1

Another object of the present invention is to provide a container bodywith an ad-' justable cover part having a mirror thereon, and adapted"to-swing up to brin the 11111- ror into use, and to provide a bodyconstructed to support the cover part when raised without tilting thecontainer.

The invention further aims at the provision of a container havingsuperposed com partments, and a novel hinge and clasp structure foruniting the parts of-the con,

tainer for individually opening and closing the compartments.

A still further object of. the present in; vention is to provide acontainer of relatively simple whichis adapted particularly fortravelers use, which comprises relatively few parts, and dwhich may beeconomically manufactu re The above and various other objects andadvantages of this invention will be in part described, and in partunderstood, from the followingdetailed description of the presentpreferred embodiment, the same being illustrated in the accompanyingdrawing wherein:

Figure 1 is a transverse section through a powder and 'pufi' boxconstructed accord-j ing to the present invention. Fig. 2 is alongitudinal sectlon through the same.

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Fig. 4 is a front elevation of the same. Fig. 5 is an end elevation ofthe conadapted to carry powder or p The body 10 is adapted to be closedat its and compact structure, and

I taken Fig, 3 is an end elevat1on', of the con- Fig. 6 is ,a horizontalsection taken through the upper compartment, showing a powder pufiarranged therein. 7

Referring to this drawing, wherein-like parts are designated by similarcharacters of reference throughout the several views, 10 designates thebody or base portion of the container which may be formed of metal,glass, porcelain or any other suitable material.

The bottom 11 of the container is relatively thick and heavy to reventthe tilting of the body portion and the sidewalls, and end walls,preferably taper upwardly to the upper edge of the body 10. The spacewithin the body 10 is relatively large andis the like.

upper open end by an" upper compartment or section 12 which is in theform of a relatively shallow casing made preferably from sheet metal andprovided at its lower edge with an outstanding head 13 terminating n aninwardly odset and downwardly directed flange 14 adapted to fit in theopen upper end of the body 10 to center the head 13 upon the upper edgethereof.

T- -"-,'l[he compartment or casing body 12 is ,closed at its lower endby a partition disk I on' plate 15 engaged at its marginal edge in (thehead 13, and adapted to support against its under side a mirror 16 whichis held .against the partition 15 by the flange 14,

the latter beino seated against the beveled marginal edge of the mirror16.

The upper compartment or casing 12 is closed by a removable cover 17 inthe form of a disk seated upon the upper edge of the casing 15 and-beingprovided with a depending inwardly offset flange 18 adapted to bind inthe upper end of the casing 12.

The back wall of the body 10 is PIOVlClBd, adjacent toits upper edge,with a pair of spaced-apart outstanding lugs 19 between which is fittedthe lower rolled over end of a hinge strap 20 forming an eye to receivea pivot pin 2]., carried byv the lugs 19. The strap 20 extends upwardlyabout the bead 13, and is soldered,'or otherwise suitably securedagainst the back wall of the upper compartment 12. The upper end of thestrap 20 is hingedly connected to the cover 17 by means of a strip 22Which is soldered or otherwise secured to the cap 17 and connected tothe strap 20 by a pivot pin 28. The

upper part or section of the container may thus be swung upwardly uponthe body 10 to open the latter while the cap or cover 17 is retainedinclosed position. The cover 17 may also be raised to open the uppercompartment without uncovering the contents inthe body 10.

The upper part of the container is held closed against the-lower part bymeans of a spring tongue 24: secured to the casing 12 and extendingdownwardly about the bead l3 and provided with an apertured lower end.The body 10 has on its front wall an outwardly extending projection orlug 25 adapted to fit in the aperture of the spring -tongue 24' tosecure the hinged parts to- I gether.

The cover 17 is in a like manner held in locked position upon the casing12 by a second spring tongue 26 which is se- [cured to the cover 17 andprovided with an opening near its it'ree endadapted to receive a lug orprojection 27 which is pressed or stamped outwardly from the upper endof the spring tongue 24, The tongue 26 is arranged in overlappingrelation with respect to the upper end of the spring tongue 24 so thatthe latter not only provides means for engaging the body 10, but alsomeans for engaging the spring tongue 26 o'f-the cover 17.

In use, a quantity of po-Wder- A is placed in the lower compartment inthe body 10, and a powder pufi or the like B is placed in the upperrelatively shallow compartment or casing 12.

is; only necessary to engage the thumb or :fingeribeneath the lower endof the spring tongue 24 and disengage the tongue from ,the projection 25when the top part of the container may be swung upwardly upon the Whenit is desired tofuse themirror 16,it"

pin 21 and held at the desired angle by the stop lug 28. As the bottom11 is relatively heavy, and as the side and end walls of the body part10 are relatively thick at their lower ends, the body is givensuiiicient stability to support the upper part when in raised positionwithout tilting the container.

The upper compartment may be opened by lifting the spring tongue 26 outof en-- without departing from the spirit of this invention, and beingrestricted only by the scope of the following, claim.

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In a container, the combination of a body -part, having an outstandingprojection, a

hinged part mounted on the body part, a cover hingedly mounted on thehinged part, a spring tongue carried upon the hinged part and having anopening at its lower end for engagement with the projection of the bodypart to hold the hinged part in closed position thereon and providednearits upper end with an outstanding projection, and a second spring tonguecarried by said cover and having an opening therein adapted to engagethe projection of said first spring tongue.

LOUIS ALBERT LEFRANCOIS.

